Ringló

The Ringló arose in a valley in the eastern part of Lamedon in a high snowfield , which fed an icy pool that spread into a shallow lake at the snowmelting season. From this source it flowed south-west for about 50 miles to Ethring where the road from the Hill of Erech to Linhir crossed the river. The Ringló continued south-west for another 50 miles to its confluence with the river Ciril and then flowed southwest for another 50 miles to its confluence with the river Morthond upstream of Edhellond before emptying near Cobas Haven into the Bay of Belfalas.

Near the confluence of the Ringló and the Morthond was the ancient Elf-haven of Edhellond. This refuge had been founded at the beginning of the Second Age by a remnant of Elves from Doriath.

After the founding of Gondor, the Ringló served as the boundary between Anfalas to the west and Belfalas to the east.

During the War of the Ring on 9 March 3019 Dervorin, the son of the lord of Ringló Vale arrived in Minas Tirith on foot with a company of three hundred men to aid in the city's defence. On 10 March Third Age 3019 Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas, the Grey Company, and the Army of the Dead crossed the Ringló on their way from Erech to Pelargir.

Ringló is a Sindarin name, which means "Chillflood". It its composed of the elements ring ("cold", "chill") and ló ("flood").

Its name referred to the river's source, a high snowfield, which fed an icy pool that spread into a shallow lake at the snowmelting season.

The course and placement of the Ringló varied greatly as J.R.R. Tolkien wrote The Lord of the Rings. In the First Map of The Lord of the Rings the Ringló flowed to the sea and the Morthond was set well west of it (and Dol Amroth was far to the west of both). When he developed Outline VI for Book V in The Return of the King he drew a map that showed the Morthond east of the Ringló and the Ringló mostly flowed south to the Sea. When Tolkien made the detailed Second Map there were four rivers – Calenhir, Morthond, Kiril (later Ciril), and Ringló – that flowed independently until they all met just before exiting into Cobas Haven.

In two earlier versions of a note about the element ló in the name Gwathló, it is mentioned that the Ringló formed marshes or a fenland after its confluence with the river Morthond as the reason for the element ló in the name Ringló. The second revised version mentioned that the river was named Ringnen after its source and later renamed Ringló, because it formed a fenland near its confluence with the Morthond. J.R.R. Tolkien later struck out the fenland as the explanation for the lement ló and stated in the final version that there is no record of any swamps or marsh in the course of the Ringló, but retained that the river was named after its source and explained it as mentioned above.

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Ringló originates in the "Ringló Vale" area of the Central Gondor in-game region, flowing through Ethring before entering Lamedon proper.

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